HANDBOOK OF PHONOLOGICAL DATA
FROM A SAMPLE OF THE WORLD'S LANGUAGES
A Report of the Stanford Phonology Archive
Compiled and edited by
John H. Crothers
James P. Lorentz
Donald A. Sherman
Marilyn M. Vihman
1979 by The Board, of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
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Printed in the United States of America
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VOLUME 1 — SEGMENT INVENTORIES, GENERAL COMMENTS, FOOTNOTES Batak
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01 p
02 b
03 t
04 d
05 k
06 g
07 d/z-hacek
08 s
09 m
10 n
In-palatal] 60
1 1 ens
j2 \0\ 30
13 r-tr ill-uvular 02 30
14 h
52 epsilcn
53 a
[caret! 62
54 u
55 o
to-open) * 3
lupsi lonl 6l *
56 yod
57 w
51 1
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$a Tuuk, H.N. Van Der $b 1971 $c A Grammar of Toba Batak $g The Hague: Nijhoff
$a STRESS $A "The accent falls either on the ultimate or the penultimate syllable.... The vowel
of the unaccented syllable is distinct and should not [be reduced as in English The
th^a^^ J? thS Pliable on whicftnetcceni Ell. is
the heaviest.... The syllable following a heavy one or preceding the lightest is the 'light,'
which might be called 'heavyish' . . . . The syllable on which the accent must fall?. .not only
the e s n fnt^2 ^ S^! *?. Wh,ch thS W ^ d b ! l0ngS but 8l5 ° on ih * word plTolls in
S Baf2 iT;;" ? ubsisn ^ ves f * rule, have the heavy accent on the penultimate syllable. ?.
In Batak it is only possible to accent a syllable within a word; word-accent, whereby accent s
placed on one word within a sentence, is unknown." (p. 19-22) wnereoy accent is
540 $a SYLLABLE $A (C)V(C)
540 01 $A Vr-trill-uvular/ and /l/ are aptly called trillers.... /I/ is a dental and, as such, is
often interchangeable with /d/ and /n/." (p. 8) aenxai ana, as such, Is
540 02 $A Po ^ of arti eulation for /r-tri 1 1 -uvular/ is not specified, "/r-tri 1 1-uvular/ must be
regarded as a guttural consonant." (p. 8) uvuiar/ must oe
540 30 $A "/l/ cannot occur in a word having an /r-tri 11-uvular/." (p. 8)
540 60 $A /n/ is realized as In-palatal] "before /d/z-hacek/." (p. 8)
™ 61 ^•K^iSCiXX & X£ Z ^Zlr*** 5yllable * (2) ln •« °-
540 62 $A /a/ is realized as tcaretl "in a final unaccented syllable closed with /n/ or /m/.» Cp.5>
540 63 $A /o/ is realized as to-open] in (1) closed syllables, except if that syllable is final and
^ Syllable when ihe -following syllable has Ceng! as closer or banner.
540 «•» $A /o/ is realized as lupsilonl in a final syllable closed with /!/ or /nA (p.6)
